“Hello, I'm Emily Smith and I'm muggle-born,” I said. “I'm going out with Scorpius and we're friends with Rose and Albus. I'm here to say hi and also to announce a truce between the Malfoys and the Wotters.”

“Harry m'boy! And Ginny, Daisy and Hermione! Come on in,” Slughorn bellowed from halfway down the fourth floor corridor. “Some old acquaintances of mine have dropped into the party too, you know, including your parents.”

“Oh God,” I muttered.

One-shot set in between the two parts of the Our Ridiculous Lives stories.

One shot from in between the two novels in the Our Ridiculous Lives series.

Could I have that one day? Someone to love me unconditionally? Dad used to be a bit of a ladies man, and I was definitely more like him than Mum, but they're both happy together, and he's never strayed from her.